Due to the advent of by-passes, dc's, motorways and the like you don't pass
through towns en-route anymore so this old game from when I was a kid is no
longer playable.
Pub Cricket...  You took turns to bat. Scoring was by counting the legs on a

At the present I live in Glasgow I have been a taxi driver for thirty years
I plan to move to Cambridge and work as a taxi driver but the council want
you to do a driving test, on the form it says just drive as you normally do.
What I would like to know is would they fail you for ...

Having yet again been made to go at 55 in lane 3 because up ahead two
artics are neck and necking it, and all the lane 2 traffic pulls into
lane 3, causing everyone to slow down, I thought this again.
*Why* do they do it ?

For the first time in the six years I have been driving diesels, I have
been able to top up at my local Tesco with diesel costing 1p per litre less
than petrol..
Double bonus - more mpg and cheaper fuel too. Long may it continue!!

My car uses 215/55 -16 tyres, which can be very expensive to replace if
using premium branded tyres.
Talking to my local independent tyre fitter 18 months ago and he stated that
many budget tyres are no longer the rubbish they once used to be - are often

If you live in Scotland and do your shopping at Tescos, you might want
to find somewhere else to shop this weekend as the RDC drivers are on a
3 day strike.
They tried to get Stobarts in but the drivers refused to cross the

Had an original Garmin sat nav years ago before they became really portable
and cheap and quite liked it but it was too havy and clunky so sold it..
Then came Tom Tom and I went for it and altho its look was different I kinda
got used to it.

Not that it should come as a surprise to anyone in either group. But he
seems to be determined to prove just how low he can sink.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6600995.stm

03 Daihatsu Hijet, 1.3 16 valve van.
LPG system PRINS AFS3
When I'm driving along after about ten miles, the gas system suddenly shuts
down. All the green LEDs on the gauge, go off and the red warning triangle

I gave the car a clean a few days ago and used my brand spankin new chammy
and dragged it right onto a bit of dirty bodywork that I missed :( and
dirtied it up any way of cleaning it off ?

Can anyone explain how air brakes on a truck actually work? The recent
discussion on another thread here got me thinking. I'd always assumed they
were fairly conventional hydraulic brakes with air assistance. But
obviously not. I've done a Google, but all it seems to turn up is the ...

The Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQ Web pages have been moved.  They
are located at http://www.batteryfaq.org/.  The latest version is 7.0,
dated May 28, 2007.
The FAQ is consumer oriented with answers to questions about lead-acid

Feel a bit daft asking this but bear with me as none of the family are
thinking that straight at the moment. I think this was covered a while ago
so my apologies for not trawling back and finding it.
DVLA web site says "Once you have informed DVLA, you will receive an

Can anyone (especially anyone with traffic engineering quailifications)
explain this to me?
I don't often use the M6 north of J10, but I've just come back from a
holiday in Scotland (where I actually got to do some enjoyable driving,